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Stop the Lies Destroying Your Health and Happiness

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  Did you hear…. Kim Kardashian is quitting Hollywood to become a Kindergarten teacher   BeyoncĂ© is going to stop singing to become an ESPN commentator   Tim Tebow is giving up sports to become a Chick-fil-A manager in Florida People like to gossip almost as much as they like to repeat gossip, even if it is not true. Falsehoods are so common they are frequently labeled #FakeNews in social media. You may not think about it much, but the same thing can happen in your personal life. (Not the celebrity part – but the fake news part). Humans are wired to believe rumors and gossip, even if they are outright lies and it is a powerful force in relationships. You see, belief shapes behavior – even if the belief is completely based on a lie. When you and I meditate on a lie, it quickly alters our mood and our mindset. Here are some of the common falsehoods that can steal your health and happiness. ·       You cannot lose weight after...

COVID-19 Recession Recovery

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By: Dwight Bain, LMHC, NCC, CLC How Financial Fears Hurt Your Health and Can Cause Slow Suicide Coronavirus can destroy your health, and sadly can destroy your life. Not as a primary impact of the disease, since most patients tested positive for COVID-19 recover. No, as a secondary threat – slow suicide.  If the concept is new to you, slow suicide describes the passive self-destructive behaviors that erode physical and mental health. Alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, opioids, illegal use of prescriptions, junk food and addictive behaviors like gambling, pornography, spending or compulsive overeating. Americans know they should not eat, drink, watch or consume unhealthy things, yet during COVID-19 isolation many will skip the healthy behaviors Surgeon General Jerome Adams is begging them to do with social distancing to save life and choose instead to slowly weaken their own.  To decide to die by your own hand is not a new problem in America. Suicide is the #10...